APR 1, 2014 PROGRAM:
Saving Lives at Be The Match
For the thousands of people diagnosed every year with life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, a cure exists. Over the past 25 years Be The Match®, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program®, has managed the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the world. They work every day to save lives through transplant.
Christine Fleming is President of the Be The Match Foundation, which works to raise funds to support the mission of the National Marrow Donor Program. She joined the organization in 2008.
She is responsible for extending the organization's reach to support critical areas of financial need, including research, financial assistance for patients, and adding new members to Be The Match Registry. She has expanded the national presence of the foundation, headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Charlotte and Atlanta, and bringing the Be The Match Walk+Run currently to 17 US cities. Additionally, Be The Match Foundation provides tools, training, support and services to Be The Match community engagement staff across the country.
Fleming's experience prior to joining Be The Match Foundation includes more than 20 years of political, academic and scientific fundraising experience as vice president of TGen Foundation, Scottsdale, Ariz., where she raised funds for the Translational Genomics Research Institute, a nonprofit biomedical research institute, and Assistant Dean of development at The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, and Director, UT Business School Foundation.
Fleming received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin.